Hose-rack.



G. & R. NUHRING.

HOSE RACK.

APPLICATION FILED 11111. 20, 1911.

1,004,461 Patented Sept. 26, 1911.

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G. & R. NUHRING.

HOSE RACK.

APPLIUATIOH FILED MAR. 20, 1911.

1,004,461. Patented Sept. 26, 1911.

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0. & R. NUHRING.

HOSE BACK.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20, 1911. 1,004,461 Patented Sept. 26, 1911.

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CHARLES NUI-IRING AND ROBERT NUHRING, F CINCINNATI, OHIO.

HOSE-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 20, 1911.

Patented Sept. 26, 1911.

Serial No. 615,655.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES NUHRING and ROBERT NUI-IRING, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHose-Racks; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in hose racks.

A rack of the character mentioned is of the highest efficiency if itsconstruction is such that water or other fire-extinguishing media may beturned into the hose before the latter is drawn from the rack, without,however, unracking the hos-e by the force of the water, and also withoutemerging from the nozzle until the latter has been drawn to the place ofdischarge. Under such conditions the valve of the standpipe to which thehose is connected may be opened immediately upon the discovery of thefire, thus admitting water to the hose for instant discharge when thenozzle has been drawn to the point of the fire, and thereby overcomingthe necessity for the user of the hose to return to the valve afterlaying out the length of the hose. It is highly important, also, thatthe rack shall be capable of choking off the flow of the water until thenozzle is under full control of the operator, and that the choking ofthe hose shall be sufficient to withstand the highest water pressureusually found in standpipes and other sources to whichfire-extingulshing hose are connected; otherwise, as soon as the waterenters the hose the latter will be displaced from the rack by reason ofthe pressure of the water, and the water discharged from the nozzlebefore the operator can gain control of the nozzle' -The presentinvention has in view a rack for supporting hose which is designed tomeet the conditions above recited, whereby, while the water may beturned into the hose instantly with the discovery of the fire, andthereby obviate necessity for the user of the hose to return to thevalve to open the same, the hose will be effectually choked againstpassage of the water therethrough until the hose has been removed fromthe rack, and the nozzle drawn to the point where it is desired to playupon the fire, whereupon the choking of the hose may be instantlyterminated, and the water permitted to freely discharge at the nozzle.

The present invention notonly' has in view the provision of a hose rackequipped with the proper means for choking the hose against the passageof the water until the predetermined conditions recited arise, but alsofor preventing fouling of the hose incident to the racking of the same,and particularly after use of the hose.

Other objects will appear as the nature of the improvements is betterunderstood, the invention consisting, substantially, in the novelconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and finally pointedout in the appended claims.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hose rack constructedin accordance with and embodying the principles of the presentinvention, a line of hose being illustrated as racked thereon. Fig. 2 isa longitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of therack, the hose being omitted. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional View onthe line 44, Fig. 3, the locking trigger being in open position. Fig. 5is a detail view of the clamping bar. Fig. 6 is a similar view of thecompression bar. Fig. 7 is also a detail view of the hinge plate for thecompression bar.

Referring in detail to the accompanying drawings, the numeral 1designates the body of the herein-described rack. This is formed of ahead 2 having suitable provision, such as a perforated passage 3, formounting the rack in order that it may be capable of a free swingingmovement. Integral with the head 2 is a pair of parallel arms 4, thelength of these arms being such as may be necessary for accommodatingthe different lengths of hose for which the rack may be designed.

At the exterior of the free end of one of the arms 4 is arranged a pairof supporting fingers 5, which fingers are designed to embrace the pointof a nozzle, and thereby afford means for suspending the nozzle from therack. Each of the fingers 5 is provided with a bifurcated foot 6 for thereception of securing screws 7, and by the formation of the bifurcatedfeet, and the employment of the screws 7, the supporting fingers 5 maybe moved toward or away from each other to accommodate varying sizes ofnozzles.

To support the rack a wall bracket 8 may be employed, as is common, apin 9, or its equivalent, being used to pivot the rack in the wallbracket, said pin passing through the perforated passage 3.

Adjacent to the lower edges of the arms at, and substantially midway thelength of said arms, is a transversely-extending supporting bar 10,which bar may be held in rigid engagement with the arms t by means ofscrews, or their equivalent. Cooperating with the supporting bar 10 is aclamping bar 11, said clamping bar being arranged above the supportingbar 10 and extending in parallel relation, when in clamped position,with the supporting bar 10. At one end of the clamping bar 11 is a pairof perforated ears 12, said ears receiving a pin 13, and-said pin 13 is,in turn, received by an elongated slot 1 1' formed in a depending lug 15which is arranged at one end of a compression bar 16. By reason of theelongated slot 1% it is obvious that a certain amount of play may be hadbetween the clamping bar 11 and the compression bar 16. This latter isprovided, at the end whereat the depending lug 15 is formed, withoppositelyextending trunnions 17 which are received by perforations 18formed in parallel ears 19 carried by a hinge plate 20. This hinge plateis detachably connected, as by screws or other suitable means, with onearm ofthe body 1, and affords means whereby the compression member 16 iscapable of swinging in a vertical direction upon the rack.

For the purpose of holding the clamping bar 11 and the compression bar16 in closed position relatively to the supporting bar 10 a lockingtrigger 21 is employed. This trigger is in the form of a segmental arm,its lower end being provided with perforated ears 22 through which ispassed. a pivot pin 23 through the medium of which the trigger. 21 ispivotally connected to a depending lug 24; carried by the supporting bar10.

T he free end of the locking trigger 21 has a cam 25 formed thereon,said cam being de signed to engage an upwardly-extending abutment 26formed. at the free end of the compression bar 16. Furthermore, the freeend of the locking trigger 25 is designed to take under an overhanginglip'27 which is formed upon the arm 4' immediately adja cent to thelocking trigger 21, as illustrated in 'Fig. 2. WVhen thus engaged withthe lip 27, it is obvious that the compression member 16 is lockedagainst vertical displacement, and theclamping bar 11 is held in lockedrelation to the supporting bar 10.

Thepurpose of the supporting bar 10 and the clamping bar 11 is totightly hold a bight of the hose therebetween, and to squeeze such bightto a sufficient extent to prevent any water which may enter the hosebetween the bight, and the valve on the standpipe, from passing into thelength of the hose beyond such bight. The bight in question is clearlyillustrated in Fig. 2, the hose being designated by the numeral 28, andthat the proper pressure may be exerted upon the clamping bar 11 thelatter is provided, at a point substantially midway its ends, with asocket 29 which receives the lower end of an adjustable plunger 30. Theplunger 30 is in the form of a screw, it being carried by thecompression bar 16 at a point substantially midway its ends, and thus ina position for its lower end to freely enter the socket 29. lVhen,therefore, the locking trigger 21 is brought into engagement with thecompression bar 16, the latter exerts pressure,-through the plunger 30,upon the clamping bar, thereby forcing the latter tightly against thebight of the hose which has been introduced between the clamping andsupporting bars.

Obviously, the plunger 30. may be adjusted within the compression bar16, and by such adjustment the clamping bar 11 may be varied in itsclamping action in relation to the supporting bar 10.

In order to limit the size of the bight of the hose the supporting bar10 is provided with a curved guard 31, the free end of said guardterminating at a point adjacent to the compression member 16, and saidguard forms a pocket 32 for receiving the bight of the hose. By reasonof the guard 31 it is obvious that when the hose is introduced thereinthe size of the bight is lim to the possible presence of water in a longbight, particularly so when racking the hose after use.

For displacing the locking trigger 21 from its closed position, andmoving it to open position, a pin 33 is pivotally connected thereto. Thenormal position of this pin is such that it extends transversely of thespace between the arms 4. In this position that portion of the hose,which is immediately next to the bight, restsupon the pin 33, theremaining portion of the hose between the bight and the nozzle beingpassed in alternate loops back and forth over the pin 33 and thecompression bar 16,. as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2,. the nozzle beingreceived by the supporting fingers 5, and it will, therefore, be seenthat the bars 10, 11

and 16, and the pin 33 constitute the real support for the folds of thehose, the folds imity to a standpipe, and coupled with the valve thereofin the ordinary way. Upon the discovery of a fire, or when the hose isrequired for other use, the operator first opens the valve of thestandpipe, thereby admitting water to the hose which extends between thevalve and the supporting bar 10 and clamping bar 11. It being understoodthat the locking trigger 21 is in the position shown in Fig. 2, thusholding the clamping bar 11 and the compression bar 16 in closedposition, the bight of the hose being clamped between the bars 10 and11, water will pass only to the bight, at which point further passage ofthe water is choked. After so opening the standpipe valve, the operatorgrasps the nozzle of the hose, and removes the same from the supportingfingers 5, and leads the nozzle to the point where the discharge of thewater is to be made. In this movement it will be seen that the pendantloops of the hose are successively removed from the rack, and afterthese loops have cleared the rack further strain on the hose is exertedupon the pin 33, and this strain being continued the same causes thelocking trigger 21 to be swung downwardly, thereby withdrawing its freeend from beneath the locking lip 27, and away from the abutment 26carried at the free end of the compression bar 16. The action of the cam25 being thus removed from the abutment 26, the compres sion bar 16 andthe clamping bar 11 are freed from the strain of the locking trigger,thereby releasing pressure on the bight of the hose, and permitting thewater to pass on to the nozzle. The clamping pressure being removed fromthe hose, the latter now falls away from the rack, and water may passuninterruptedly through the line of the hose in an obvious manner.

When necessity for the use of the hose ceases, and it is desired toagain place the same upon the rack, the proper bight is formed byintroducing a folded portion of the hose into the pocket 32. Theclamping bar 11 is then positioned upon the bight, the lower end of theplunger 30 being seated in the socket 29, and the trigger 21 is movedupwardly and its free end passed beneath the locking lip 27. In thismovement of the locking trigger the cam 25 thereof engages the abutment26 and forces the compression bar 16 downwardly, this bar, in turn,acting upon the clamping bar 11 to tightly squeeze the bight of the hoseupon the supporting bar 10. The pin 33 is now swung to the horizontalposition as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, whereupon the hose is loopedin the manner indicated in Fig. 2, and the nozzle replaced in thesupporting fingers 5.

In connection with the foregoing it is stated that the pivotalconnection of the pin 33 with the trigger 21 permits the pin to be swunginto alineinent with the len th of the trigger 21, as shown in fulllines in Fig. 4, and in such position the pin serves as a handle foreasily forcing the free end of the trig er 21 beneath the locking lip27.

I- aving thus described the invent-ion, what is claimed as new, anddesired to be secured by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a hose rack, the combination with hose-supporting means of meanscooperating therewith to clamp a bight of the hose thereon, and meansfor locking the clamping means in clamped position.

2. In a hose rack, the combination with hose-supporting means, of meanscooperating therewith to clamp a bight of the-hose thereon, means forlocking the clamping means in clamped position, and means for releasingsaid locking means.

3. In a hose rack, the combination with hose-supporting means, of meanscooperating therewith to clamp a bight of the hose thereon, means forlocking the clamping. means in clamped position, and means controlled bythe removal of the hose for re leasing said locking means.

4. In a hose rack, the combination with hose-supporting means, ofvertically-displaceable means cofiperating therewith to clamp a bight ofthe hose thereon, and means for locking the clamping means in clampedposition.

5. In a hose rack, the combination with hose-supporting means, avertically-displace able means cooperating therewith to clamp a bight ofthe hose thereon, means for locking the clamping means in clampedposition, and means controlled by the removal of the hose for releasingsaid locking means.

6. In a hose rack, the combination with hose-supporting means, or meanscooperating therewith to clamp a bight of the hose thereon, and alocking trigger adapted to engage the clamping means for holding thelatter in clamped position.

7. In a hose rack, the combination with hose-supporting means, of meanscooperating therewith to clamp a bight of the hose thereon, a lockingtrigger adapted to engage the clamping means for holding the latter inclamped position, and means controlled by the removal of the hose forreleasing said trigger from engagement with the clamping means.

8. In a hose rack, the combination with hose-supporting means, of meanscooperating therewith to clamp a bight of the hose thereon, saidclamping means being capable of vertical displacement, and a lockingtrigger adapted to engage the clamping means and prevent verticaldisplacement thereof, whereby to hold the clamping means in clampedposit-ion.

9. In a hose rack, the combination with hose-supporting means, of meanscooperating therewith to clamp a bight of the hose thereon, saidclamping means being capable of vertical displacement, a locking triggeradapted to engage the clamping means to prevent vertical displacementthereof, whereby to hold the clamping means in clamped position, andmeans controlled by the removal of the hose for releasing said lockingtrigger.

10. In a hose rack, the combination with hose-supporting means, of meanscooperating therewith to clamp a bight of the hose thereon, saidclamping means being capable of vertical displacement, and a lockingtrigger hingedly mounted in relation to said clamping means and adaptedto be swung over the latter for engagement therewith, whereby to preventvertical displacement thereof and hold said clamping means in clampedposition.

11. In a hose rack, the combination with hosesupporting means, of meanscooperating therewith to clamp a bight of the hose thereon, saidclamping means being capable of vertical displacement, a locking triggerhingedly mounted in relation to said clamping means and adapted to beswung over the latter for engagement therewith, whereby to preventvertical displacement thereof and hold said clamping means in clampedposition, and means controlled by the removal of the hose for releasingsaid locking trigger.

12. In a hose rack, the combination with the body thereof, of asupporting bar eX- tending transversely of said body, means cooperatingwith said supporting bar to clamp a bight of the hose thereon, and meansalso carried by said body and cooperating with the clamping means tolock the latter in clamped position upon said supporting bar.

13. In a hose rack, the combination with the body thereof, of asupport-ing bar eX- tending transversely of said body, means cooperatingwith said supporting bar to clamp a bight of the hose thereon, and alocking trigger hingedly mounted upon said body and adapted to engagethe clamping means to lock the latter in clamped position upon saidsupporting bar.

14L. In a hose rack, the combination with the body thereof, ofasupporting bar ex tending transversely of said body, means c0- operatingwith said supporting bar to clamp a bight of the hose thereon, a lockingtrigger hingedly mounted upon said body and adapted to engage theclamping means to lock the latter in clamped position upon saidsupporting bar, and means controlled by the removal of the hose forreleasing said locking trigger.

15. In a hose rack, the combination with the body thereof, of asupporting bar eX- tending transversely of said body, means cooperatingwith said supporting bar to clamp a bight of the hose thereon, saidmeans be ing vertically displaceable, and a locking trigger hingedlymounted upon said body and adapted to engage the clamping means, wherebyto prevent vertical displacement thereof and lock the latter in clampedposition upon said supporting bar.

16. In a hose rack, the combination with the body thereof, of asupporting bar extending transversely of said body, means cooperatingwith said supporting bar to clamp a bight of the hose thereon, saidmeans being vertically displaceable, a locking trigger hingedly mountedupon said body and adapted to engage the clamping means, whereby toprevent vertical displacement thereof and lock the latter in clampedposition upon said support-ing bar, and means controlled by the removalof the hose for releasing said locking trigger.

In testimony whereof we aifix our signa-' tures, in the presenceof twowitnesses.

CHARLES NUHRING.

Y ROBERT NUHRING.

WVitnesses CHARLES BAUER, GEO. A. JACKSON.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,004,161, grantedSeptember 26, 1911, upon the application of Charles Nuhring and RobertNuhring', of Cincinnati, Ohio, for an improvement in Hose-Racks, errorsappear in the printed specification requiring correction as follows:Page 1, line 2, first occurrence, strike out the Word the page 3, line104, for the article a read 7; and that the said Letters Patent shouldbe read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to therecord of the case in the Patent Ofiice.

Signed and sealed this 7th day of November, A. 'D., 1911.

E. B. MOORE,

Commissioner Qf Patents.

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